What exactly did Wyld Stallyn's music do to change the world?
From what we can tell in the headlines, Wyld Stallyn were basically 10 times what The Beatles were to us in how they helped change the world and influenced pop culture, politics, and social consciousness, and were still loved/considered legendary many years later. "Be Excellent to Each Other" is kinda like John's "Imagine" too.
However, I wonder just WHAT they did to set them apart from the tons of other rock bands and singers (Beatles included) to the point where it ended up achieving world peace and they were icons 700 years later?
I even wonder if musical trends went the same in their universe too. By 1991 (when BTBJ came out) grunge and alternative rock was already starting to take over the mainstream, and certainly was in full force by 1993.
Although there was still some fun and party style 80s rockers up to 1992 or early 93 (mostly the late hair metal pop bands like Firehouse, Extreme, or big sellers like Def Leppard), the kind of music B+T played and were raised on was already getting out of style even then, so I wonder if that hurt their career early on at all.